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Introduction:
HRM can be defined as” the management of activities under taken
to attract, develop, motivate,
and maintain high performing workforce with in the organization”
HRM involves following
characteristics. First, it focuses on horizontal authorit and
reduced hierarch. !he second
characteristic is that the role of human resource professionals
is to support and facilitate line
managers who have the direct responsibilit of managing
personnel. !hirdl, HRM is proactive
and fused with corporate level planning. !he fourth
characteristic is that emploees are seen as
sub"ects who have potential to develop and grow. !he purpose of
HRM is to specif emploee#s
potential and develop it in line with the needs of the
organization.
Finall, HRM holds the view that the management and
non$management have a common interest
in the success of the organization %&rulis cited in 'oss,
())*+.!he development of HRM in the
()-s is reflective of an increased realization of the importance
of human element in
organizations. 'oss %())*+ stated that the evolution of HRM
could be linked to socio$economic
factors such as changes in international competition,
restructuring of industrial sectors and
organizations, and changes in the concept of managerial.
ccording to 'oss %())*+, during
the()/-s and the earl ()-s the 01 and the 0& industries
became incompetent at international
markets because of increasing domination of 2apanese
manufacturers.
!herefore, 3estern managers began to analze the 2apanese industr
and concluded that
2apanese organizations value people as the ke asset of business.
4n short, this conclusion opened
the wa for the development of HRM.
Human Resource Management Today and The Scope of HRM
5oole %())-+ started that toda#s HRM could be described as broad
and strategic, involving allmanagerial personnel, valuing emploees
as important assets of organizations, and being
proactive in its responsibilities. Moreover, toda human
resource functions refer to those tasks
and duties performed in both large and small organizations to
coordinate human resources %6ars
7 Rue, ())(+. !hese functions of human resource management
activities can be listed asfollows:
• !o ensure that the organization appl e8ual emploment
opportunities and other
government obligations.
• !o conduct "ob analsis to specif different re8uirements of
"obs in an organization.
• !o identif personnel re8uirements that led the organization to
achieve its ob"ectives.
• !o develop and implement a plan that meet personnel and "ob
re8uirements.
• !o recruit emploees needed b the organization in order to
achieve its ob"ectives.
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• !o select personnel in order to fill vacant positions within
an organization.
• !o provide orientation and training to the emploees.
• !o design and implement management and organizational
development programs.
• !o design and implement performance appraisal sstems to
evaluate
emploee performance.
• !o assist emploees in developing career plans.
• !o design and implement compensation sstems for emploees.
• !o mediate the relationship between organizations and its
units.
•
!o design sstems for discipline and grievance handling.
• !o develop emploee communication sstems.
• !o develop emploee health and safet programs
• !he present stud aim to cover all of the HRM activities
mentioned above.
Key HR Practices of companies in Bangladesh
• Recruitment
• !raining
• 5erformance Management
• 9abor relation
• mploee relation
• 2ob analsis
• 2ob design
• 1election
• ;evelopment
